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Facundo Poj's Machine 87 Bamboo Furniture Collection

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The last time I checked out the work of Miami-based furniture designer Facundo Poj he was making curvy bamboo designs that extended from the idea of continuing a single stroke of a line on a paper. His latest pieces are quite different. The Machine 87 bamboo collection is all angles. Instead of using curving bamboo plywood layered with nontoxic glue these new pieces are simplicity itself. The Machine 87 bamboo collection is 100 percent bamboo, no nails, no screws, no glue. The assembly is a simple groove joint system with no tools required. The pieces are finished with beeswax. The collection includes both adult and children furniture. The lounger sells for $500, the coffee table is $250 and the kids set with two chairs and a table is $600.

Gallery: Facundo Poj's Machine 87 Bamboo Collection

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Facundo Poj Furniture Designs

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

Miami-based furniture designer Facundo Poj believes in the freedom of the line. His bamboo designs extend from the idea of continuing a single stroke of a line on a paper. His pieces are made of Plyboo, bamboo-based plywood. He layers the Plyboo with non-toxic glue and threads them with oak dowels to create designs that are solid but soft-edged. All of his pieces are limited editions or unique.

He also makes" re-incarnated" pieces from airplane parts, antique bathtubs and other finds. My favorite is the 727 jet lounge made from two aluminum Boeing 727 emergency exit doors, steel legs and a covering of Argentine cowhide. The cow hide comes from Argentinean "Holando-Argentina" cows, milking cows which are allowed to grow old and live a full life before they are sacrificed. This is, as Facundo Poj puts it "experienced skin." I asked Facundo just how he got his hands on a pair of airplane doors. He says he lives near an airline graveyard in South Florida and established a relationship with the manager and buys some parts before they are recycled. The piece above is at the Avant Gallery in the Miami Design District and sells for $4500. He has also made a long sofa out of the landing flaps from the wing of a large DC-10 jet.

A video of Facundo Poj hard at work is after the jump.

Gallery: Facundo Poj Designs